Description
- Destilado de agave produced in Yeguesia, Miahuatlán, Oaxaca, and bottled under the In Situ label, Mezcasiarca (NOM EM-012-SC)
- Maestro mezcaleros: “In Situ Team”
- Distilled from 100% Cuixito (A. karwinskii)
- Cooked in a traditional earthen oven
- Milled by hand using wooden mallets (mazo) and mechanical crusher
- Fermented in open-air wooden vats (tinas) made of oak
- Distilled twice using traditional Filipino-style clay pot stills; distilled to still strength (alta gama, meaning “no adjustments”)
- Subtle, savory aromas of granite, haricot vert, sage, catnip, jasmine, and lemon zest before a palate that bursts with pepitas, fennel, stewed raisins, paprika, papaya, a touch of brine and maybe a dry scone
- 110 liters produced
- 51% ABV
Cuixito is one of those delightful and infuriating examples of agave nomenclature that can mean different things in different places. In this example, it refers to a smaller subspecies of Agave karwinskii. However, in our experience thus far, the distillates made from this region’s Cuixito only give very subtle hints of the hallmark A. karwinskii profile! Confounding, but delicious.
INFO:
Producer: In Situ Spirits
Vintage: NV
Country: Mexico
Region: Oaxaca
Spirit Type: Agave / Sotol / Pox
Spirit Sub Type: Destilado de Agave
